Nashville

Matthias Klag, Michael Ruf

Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Christina Kaboth, Insa Mingers, Matthias Obrecht, Sabine Pfeifer, KevinQuarshie, Benjamin Schütte

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The functionality of the Nashville content set is similar to previous Acoustic Agent sets.However, there are some differences and additions on the Edit page and in the Agent mixer.

The following sections describe the parameters that are unique to the Nashville content set.For a complete list of the available parameters, refer to the documentation of the AcousticAgent in the manual for Groove Agent or Groove Agent SE.

Edit Page ParametersThe kick drum, snare drums, hihat, and the toms all feature a Trash Mic control. This allowsyou to add a single overly compressed ribbon microphone, just above the kick and below thetoms, pointed at the drummer. The signal can be blended into the mix to add energy or grit toit.

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Snare Drums

Two snare drums can be played simultaneously. The piccolo snare (B) and the main snare (A)provide the same parameters. For the main snare, a Master Bleed control is available.

Mixer Page ParametersAs for other Acoustic Agent kits, the Agent mixer provides dedicated channels for allinstrument groups, as well as for the individual instruments.

Room Microphones

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On the Room Mics tab, you can make individual settings for the three room microphonechannels.

• Room Close is a stereo set of uncompressed condenser microphones positioned closeto the kit, which capture the overall sound of the kit as well a portion of the room.

• Room Far is a stereo set of uncompressed condenser microphones positioned fartheraway from the kit,  which capture all room ambiance.

• Room Roof is a stereo set of compressed condensers microphones on the ledge about20 feet above the drum kit.

The Trash/Mix tab on the right contains a dedicated master channel for the Trash Micsignals. The channel controls for this channel are the same as for the room and overheadchannels, but instead of the Width control, the Trash Mic channel has a Pan control.

RAM Usage and Voices

The three room channels and the Trash Mic channel provide an additional activation buttonbelow the Mute button.

Click this button to deactivate the corresponding channel entirely. All samples of the channelare unloaded from RAM. This reduces the amount of required memory and the number ofsamples that are played simultaneously.

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Kick Group and Kick Channels

On the Kick tab, you can make settings for the three kick microphone channels.

• Kick In controls the settings of a dynamic bullet microphone that is mounted in thebass drum.

• Kick Out controls the settings of a multipattern condenser microphone that is mountedin front of the kick drum.

• Kit FET controls the settings of a FET microphone that is mounted in front of the kickdrum. It provides different sound characteristics to the Kick Out channel.

Snare Group and Snare ChannelsOn the Snares tab, you can make settings for the two snares. For each snare, the followingmicrophone channels are available: Snare Top 57, Snare Top 451, and Snare Bottom.

• Snare Top 57 controls the settings of a top-mounted dynamic microphone.• Snare Top 451 controls the settings of a top-mounted condenser microphone.• Snare Bottom controls the settings of a bottom-mounted multipattern condenser

microphone.